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User-Defined Screen Variants for Postings in Controlling

Screen variants are used to define the screen setups you use to enter the following:

You define variants for up to five individual transactions in a screen variants

Requirements

Check the settings in activity Maintain Controlling Area to check that cost accounting for the objects that you want to include in the screen variant is active in the relevant fiscal year. Examples of these objects include:

Standard Settings

We deliver a number of screen variants for the postings listed above.

Note

You cannot make changes to the standard system. If, however you need to make only minor changes, you should copy the standard delivery and adjust the copy to meet your requirements.

Activities

The initial screen offers the screen variants we deliver.

To create your own, proceed as follows:

Creating Screen Variants
1. Stipulate which postings you want to carry out.
2. Choose New entries.
3. Specify a key and explanatory text for the screen variant.
4. Save your input.
Assigning Variants for Individual Transactions
5. Select an entry variant, then select Definition of screen variants per transaction in the navigation tree.
6. Choose Newe entries.
7. Choose the desired transaction.
8. Select the fields you want to have displayed in the entry screen for theposting.
The system offers different fields depending on the transaction chosen.
The field selection is divided into General fields, Sender fields and Receiver fields.
9. Stipulate whether Individual entry or List entry should be used.
To do this, choose one of these options in the Further data area for the initial screen.
Recommendation
Choose individual entry for complex postings. If you have chosen a lot of fields for the entry screen, individual entry makes for a clearer display.
Choose display variants for lists
10. You can choose a display variant for the overview list of all postings lines.
To do this, choose a variant in Further data in the lower part of the screen.
You can reach the overview list from both individual entry and list entry.
11. You can choose a display variant for the navigation list.
To do this, choose a variant in Further data in the lower part of the screen.
You can use the navigation list to navigate between posting records in individual entry.
Note
Your stipulate the following in the display variant for the overview list and navigation list:
a) Which columns are displayed
b) The sequence in which the columns are displayed
c) Column widths
12. You can choose a transaction variant.
To do this, choose a variant in Further data in the lower part of the screen.
You can use the transaction variant to do the following for individual and list entry:
a) Specify default values for particular fields
b) Show or hide fields
c) Change the sequence of the fields
13. Save your entries

Further Notes

A separate function exists for transporting screen variants.

See Customizing under General Controlling -> Production Start-Up Preparation -> Transport System Settings -> Transport Settings for Actual Postings .